Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns
Creating the Pattern Coordinates 1
A course by Tati Abaurre , Pattern Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Creating the Pattern Coordinates 1
Overview
“I will now demonstrate how to create your coordinate patterns in Adobe Illustrator. This tends to follow a similar process to the hero pattern, but with a simpler and more minimalistic result. ”
In this video lesson Tati Abaurre addresses the topic: Creating the Pattern Coordinates 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns. Learn to create a collection of whimsical pattern designs for children's clothing and decor, from the initial sketch to the final mock-up.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Creating the Pattern Coordinates in Adobe Illustrator Now we'll create the coordinate pattern repeat and the spot illustration in Illustrator. Let me show you. Now that our hero pattern is ready, we can move on to creating our coordinate. I'll also take a look at the thumbnails I created for the collection. The coordinate is a pattern. I want it to be a bit more spaced out and a little fewer animals, a little less full and simpler than the original repeat and the hero print. I'll start by choosing what animals I want. I want the bunny. I like how the bunny looks. I'll start placing him in...”
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Course summary for: Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Pattern Design, Product Design, Traditional illustration

Tati Abaurre
A course by Tati Abaurre
Tati Abaurre is a Brazilian pattern designer and illustrator. She fell in love with art from a young age and experimented with sketching, painting, writing, and beyond before going on to study architecture. In search of something that fulfilled her more creatively, she took a course on children’s book illustration and fell in love with the medium. Soon after, she immersed herself in the world of pattern design and illustration, sharing her creations on Instagram and dedicating herself to creating patterns full-time.
Since then, Tati has brought her designs to life in the form of kids’ decor, rugs, art prints, wallpaper, greeting cards, clothing, and beyond. She has also designed patterns for Disney, Lilipinso, Figo Fabrics, Up with paper, YOYO Books, and Stormy Knight. In 2021, she also started her own brand of stationery, "By Tati Abaurre".
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